Apparatus for purifying gas.



No. 647,827. Patented Apr. l7, i900. N. A. GUILL-AUME.

APPARATUS FOR PUBIFYING GAS.

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APPARATUS FOR PURIFYINVG GAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 647,827, dated April 17, 1900. Application filed December 27, 1899. Serial No. 741,752. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NARc'IssE ALEXANDRE GUILLAUME, a citizen of France, residing at Rue du Louvre, Paris, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Purifying Gas, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to'apparatus for the purification of gas, more especially intended for use in connection with gas-generators working by suction underthe action of a pump or motor.

The purifying apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention is provided with two chambers, one above the other, through which chambers the gas to be purified passes in succession. The upper chamber is for the purifyingprocessand is divided into compartments by two sets of partitions, those of one set being provided with openings and conical nozzles for dividing the gas and those of the other set being corrugated or provided with a covering which will retain liquid andimpurities. The gas after traversing these compartments passes from the last of them into the lower chamber, from which it is withdrawn.

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Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention, the section being taken on the line A B of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line C D, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 shows, drawn to a largerscale, a gas-tight joint which can be advantageously employed in the construction of the apparatus.

0; and b are the two chambers aforesaid, separated from each other by the horizontal The upper chamber a is divided into compartments by the plates d and e, preferably arranged to slide between guides or an gle-irons f. The partitions cl are provided with openings and nozzles g, decreasing from the partition d toward the partition 6. The partitions e are provided with corrugated surfaces or reticulated, perforated, or equivalently-formcd plates h on the side presented to the nozzles, so as to present a large surface against which the gas issuing from the nozzles impinges.

At the upper part of each of the partitions e an opening or openings i is or are formed for the passage of the gas into the adjacent compartment.

The upper chamber a is provided at one side with a cover j, fixed to levers 70, mounted on a shaft in and balanced by co unterweights n. The said coverj is secured by means of locking-bolts 0 around its edges. To prevent the escape of gas through the joints of the cover j, I employ the arrangement shown in detail in Fig. 3, which consists in fixing between the walls of the chamber C6 and the angle-irons p an elastic packing q, of any suit able material, which extends beyond the edge of the walls and angle-irons and is kept in position by a filling-piece 7'. hen the bolts 0 are screwed up, the packing q is compressed and the escape of gas prevented by the tight joint thus formed.

The liquid and impurities entering with the gas are arrested in each compartment of the chamber at by the corrugated partitions e or reticulated, perforated, or other plates h and pass downward and through pipes 8 into a reservoir t, arranged on one side of the lower chamber I). These pipes 3 close the direct passage of the gas from one chamber to the other and to secure this should dip into a sufiicient quantity of liquid in the reservoir 75. u is an overflow-pipe for regulati'ngthe level of liquid in the reservoirtand conducting the excess of liquid by suitable conduits, as shown in Fig. 1, to outside the apparatus.

'0 is an auxiliary passage to regulate the outflow of the liquid. The gas enters the apparatus at the inlet a; to the first compartment of the upper chamber a and passes successively through the several compartments thereof, as indicated by the arrows, and as it passes through the nozzles g of the partitions d of the one set it strikes against the corrugated partitions of the other set or the sheets 7L thereof applied thereto, which intercept the liquid and impurities. The gas passes from compartment to compartment by the openings a} into each compartment successively and after repeated impacts reaches the last compartment completely purified, in the bottom of which compartment are openings y, forminga direct communication between the chambers a and b. The gases pass by the said openings y into the lower chamber b,

which constitutes a reservoir and is provided I with a depending and elastic partition w, so that this chamber acts to a certain extent as a gas pocket or bag. A discharge-outlet z for the gas leads up from the said lower cham ber to outside the apparatus,

Having now particularly described and as-- certained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- V ,1. In an apparatus for the purification of gas, the combination with a-chamber, of a series of perforated plates in said chamber, havingnozzles, and a series of corrugated partitions alternating with said perforated plates, substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus for the purification of gas, the combination with an upper chamber, of a series of perforated plates having 1102 NARCISSE ALEXANDRE GUILLAUME.

Witnesses:

EDWARD P. MACLEAN, HIPPOLYTE JOTTE. 

